Kate Longworth
Kate Longworth is a reporter for Fox Sports Arizona covering the Arizona Diamondbacks since April 2015.[1]
Career
[edit]After graduating from college, Longworth served from 2001 to 2002 as the media relations director for Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League.[2]
She was a sideline reporter for college football for the MountainWest Sports Network (The Mtn.) and the Big Ten Network.[3]
From 2003 to 2005, Longworth worked for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. She worked as a producer and associate producer, covering sports news in the Washington, DC/Baltimore area. Longworth contributed to both O’s All Access, a program focused on the Baltimore Orioles, and SportsNite, a nightly sports show.
Longworth was the first female sports anchor/reporter at KPSP-TV (CBS) in Palm Springs, CA.[4]
From 2008 to 2015 Longworth was a game reporter for the Oakland A’s, host of All A’s, and a reporter for Raiders Postgame Live, at Comcast SportsNet in San Francisco. She was also an anchor/reporter for SportsNet Central, and a game reporter for the San Jose Sharks and San Jose Earthquakes. She joined the network in June 2008.
Education and personal life
[edit]Longworth received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arizona, where she was an assistant sports editor and writer for the school's student newspaper, the Arizona Daily Wildcat.[5] She lives with her husband Brian.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kate Longworth hired as reporter for FOX Sports Arizona". Fox Sports Arizona. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area Bios". Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Reuters.com, "Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Opens New Era in Northern California Sports Coverage", 11 February 2009 [dead link]
- ^ "Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Opens New Era in Northern California Sports Coverage"
- ^ Longworth, Kate, "Wildcat Online Sports: The man behind the noise", 17 February 2000, Retrieved 7 April 2019